by Research Team | Jul 13, 2023 | Event, Tobacco, Uncategorized
– Civil society leaders at Unnayan Shamannay’s dialogue session The Government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has developed a draft to further strengthen the existing tobacco control act, which is awaiting finalization. This amendment proposes to ban...
by Research Team | Jun 17, 2023 | Budget, Event
– উন্নয়ন সমন্বয়ের বাজেট পর্যালোচনা গোলটেবিল বৈঠকে অর্থনীতিবিদবৃন্দ আসছে ২০২৩-২৪ অর্থবছরের প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটে সচরাচর যে পরিমাণ রাজস্ব আদায় করা সম্ভব হয় তার তুলনায় অনেক বেশি রাজস্ব লক্ষ্যমাত্রা নির্ধারণ করা হয়েছে। এর পাশাপাশি মূল্যস্ফীত ৬ শতাংশে ধরে রাখার যে...
by Research Team | May 28, 2023 | Event, Tobacco
-Speakers at pre-budget discussions of Unnayan Shamannay Increasing the retail price of all tobacco products, including cigarettes, and imposing a higher rate of supplementary duty on them will reduce tobacco consumption on the one hand, and increase government...
by Research Team | May 2, 2023 | Connectivity, Event
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh highlights the need for enhanced multimodal connectivity at Unnayan Shamannay’s seminar While most of the countries in the world are maintaining strong connections with their neighboring nations due to holistic economic...
by Research Team | Feb 13, 2023 | Event, Tobacco
-Civil Society Representatives in a press conference by Unnayan Shamannay The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has attempted to reinforce the draft amendment of “Tobacco Control Act” with an aim to make the pledge “tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040”. In order to...
by Research Team | Jan 16, 2023 | Event, Health
-Participants in discussion on the health budget Current Health Expenditure in Bangladesh as a share of its GDP is just 2.5 percent, and this ratio is lowest in South Asia. Due to lower government allocations for the health sector, the country’s out-of-pocket...